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public  Mokwa, Nigeria Mokwa, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:25 
Transit: 12:43 
Sunset: 19:02
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HR7271

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:56 | Tran: 1:13 | Set: 6:25
Alt: -38.47°   Az: 209.80°   Direction: South-South-West

HR7271 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Telescopium.

HR7271 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR7271 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR7271 star
DSS2 image of HR7271. The red arrow shows the motion of HR7271 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

19h 14m 43s
-50° 26’ 29”
09h 29m 20s
04h 44m 04s

J2000

19h 12m 46s
-50° 29’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

346.77°
-23.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR7271.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Giant

0.40
G8III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR7271 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR7271. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR7271 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR7271 double sysyem:

6.13
11.43
5.3
7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR7271 is distant 457.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

140.25
457.22
-26 km/s
0.04 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO245976
SAO245976

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR7271 rise, transit and set times from Mokwa, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 140.4°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 219.6°